FORT WORTH, Texas -- A new photo-mapping feature Google unveiled for the Dallas/Fort Worth area has some people concerned about privacy, NBC 5 reported.Google Street View went online in the Dallas/Fort Worth market Tuesday morning. The difference between Street View and Google Earth is that Street View actually shows street level views of the area.
For instance, you can simply type in your address and actually look at your house. It is not a live picture, but a stop-motion type panoramic still photo that was evidently taken several weeks ago. By typing in an address in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and you will be able to see what a person's neighborhood and house look like, but not every single street in North Texas is available on Street View at this time.NBC 5 showed the new views to several people Tuesday in Fort Worth's Sundance Square.Most people said they were intrigued by the technology, but a bit freaked out by the possibilities."There's my house," said Fort Worth resident Janey Korth as she checked out the Web site. "That's pretty creepy.""If somebody wanted to hunt you down for any little offense that you do they could find you," Sherry Sawula said.Tiffany Evans agreed, "They can just look at your house -- it's kind of scary, anybody could, any psychos."Civil rights attorney Frank Colosi said since Google is a private enterprise there doesn't appear to be any legal issues concerning Street View."If the government were doing this it would be a serious constitutional problem," Colosi said. "It kind of intrudes on your basic freedom. Legally they can do it, but the question is whether they should."
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